SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

PLANETARY FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The proper order of objects according to increasing size is ____
A
protoplanet, planetesimal, planet
B
planet, protoplanet, planetesimal
C
planetesimal, protoplanet, planet
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If you were to order the planets by size from smallest to largest they would be Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter. Jupiter and Saturn are sometimes called the gas giants, whereas the more distant Uranus and Neptune have been nicknamed the ice giants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word planetesimal comes from the mathematical concept infinitesimal and literally means an ultimately small fraction of a planet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protoplanets are small celestial objects that are the size of a moon or a bit bigger. They are small planets, like an even smaller version of a dwarf planet. Astronomers believe that these objects form during the creation of a solar system.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Protoplanet theory A dense interstellar cloud produces a cluster of stars. Dense regions in the cloud form and coalesce; as the small blobs have random spins the resulting stars will have low rotation rates. The planets are smaller blobs captured by the star.

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